Over 3.17 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in the elections which include 16 general and three reserved constituencies for Scheduled Tribes, spread across parts of northern Maharashtra, Marathwada and coastal Konkan region.

Aurangabad in Marathwada region has the maximum number of 27 candidates, while Nandurbar in north Maharashtra has just nine contenders.

Among the parties, the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Aam Aadmi Party are contesting all the 19 seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party and Samajwadi Party have up 11 candidates each.

The Congress has put up 10 nominees, the Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena eight each, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena seven, Communist Party - three and Communist Party of India two.

The largest constituency Thane in terms of electorate has 2.07 million voters, while Mumbai South-Central is the smallest with just 1.44 million voters.

As many as 262,725 polling personnel have been deployed across the state at 34,343 polling stations and in some areas of coastal Thane, they sailed by boats to polling booths.

In Mumbai, there are 3,141 polling stations being manned by 14,499 polling staff.

As many as 951 polling stations in the state have been identified as sensitive, including 98 in Mumbai.

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